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Issue: Aquaman #56
Publication Date: March 1971
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Issues: #56 of 63 Issues (67 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/05/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Final issue of original run.

Printed in the U.S.A.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 25, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B640206.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Assets2
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The Creature That Devoured Detroit!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAquaman #8 published ?
In Content Item: FlagAquaman Classics #2525 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-1149
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The Creature That Devoured Detroit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Crusader [Don Powers] (death); George; Ethel; Don (looks like Ed McMahon); Warren Savin (looks like Johnny Carson); Denise Lovely; Marvin Walson; Dr. William Neilson; "Shorty" Thomas; unnamed police officer; Phil (security guard); Sam (scientist); unnamed scientists; Karen; Karen's mother; Mrs. Selma Mae Stanley
Synopsis: A green slime coming out of Lake Erie threatens to overrun Detroit. Aquaman visits an old friend, Don Powers, owner of Powers Investigations, an investigation firm helping Detroit police fight crime. Powers' firm is also responsible for a satellite meant to stop crime but is also the cause of the slime. Powers is the Crusader, though losing his eyesight, he wants to continue fighting crime using the satellite. On a last patrol, Crusader dies from a fall from a building due to his deteriorating eyesight. Aquaman discovers his death, then breaks into Powers' business and destroys the satellite
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: G-953
Disclose Notes: The story refers to the City of Detroit bordering Lake Erie. Detroit actually borders the Detroit River, which connects Lake St. Clair with Lake Erie. Neal Dennis is a reference to Dennis O'Neil. Slight crossover with Sub-Mariner #72 as confirmed in the introduction to Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Volume 8.
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The Cave of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquagirl
Character(s): Aquagirl; unnamed boy
Synopsis: Aquagirl saves a boy falling into the Cave of Death.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-806
Disclose Notes: S-A-G stands for Skeates-Aparo-Giordano (editor).
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Date of filing: October 1st, 1970.
Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (net press run): 285,554.
Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 141,210.
Single issue nearest to filing date (net press run): 301,500.
Single issue nearest to filing date (total paid circulation): 159,599.
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Survey Winners

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Listing DC survey winners, their names and locations.

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